You only need to remember three steps: Get paid to maybe buy a stock (by selling puts). This obliges you to buy the stock at an agreed upon strike price between now and the expiration date. Get paid to maybe sell that stock (by selling calls). Once you are assigned the stock you reduce risk by selling call options and collecting premium. Rinse and Repeat.
What makes Relative Strength so compelling is its versatility, its flexibility, and above all — its philosophy. This isn’t just another technical indicator buried inside a charting platform. It’s a lens, a way of thinking that reshapes how traders, portfolio managers, and even corporate executives view performance. At its core, Relative Strength teaches a simple, powerful truth: strength matters — and if you don’t know what’s strong or weak, you’re not trading, you’re guessing.
That brings us to the real question traders are asking: “Why are Bitcoin treasury stocks outperforming and will that last?” That’s exactly what we’re going to unpack. Because the opportunity is real, but so is the risk.
We’re six months deep into 2025 and the S&P 500 is up less than 3.5%. That’s it. After all the headline-chasing, pulse-pounding reversals, and late-night stress sessions watching futures tick red… you’re sitting on a gain that barely keeps up with a savings account. Meanwhile, traders have been whipsawed by the ten-headed beast of macros: sticky inflation, Fed mind games, geopolitical powder kegs, and enough bond market volatility to rattle the teeth out of a risk manager. A.I. stocks soared, oil prices spiked, and the only thing more unpredictable than the markets was the messaging from central banks and Capitol Hill. Bottom line? That’s a lot of stress for just 3.5%. And if you’re not using A.I. to navigate this mess, you’re flying blind in a storm built for machines.
We’re six months deep into 2025 and the S&P 500 is up less than 3.5%. That’s it. After all the headline-chasing, pulse-pounding reversals, and late-night stress sessions watching futures tick red… you’re sitting on a gain that barely keeps up with a savings account. Meanwhile, traders have been whipsawed by the ten-headed beast of macros: sticky inflation, Fed mind games, geopolitical powder kegs, and enough bond market volatility to rattle the teeth out of a risk manager. A.I. stocks soared, oil prices spiked, and the only thing more unpredictable than the markets was the messaging from central banks and Capitol Hill. Bottom line? That’s a lot of stress for just 3.5%. And if you’re not using A.I. to navigate this mess, you’re flying blind in a storm built for machines.
As of 2025, the U.S. Treasury market stands at over $27 trillion in outstanding debt and growing. That’s not just a big number. That’s the largest, most important debt market in the world. Now compare that to the U.S. stock market, which clocks in at a total market capitalization of around $52 trillion. You might think that means stocks dominate the financial system — but you’d be wrong.
You want moonshots? Fine. But don’t you dare ignore the turbulence on the way up. Bitcoin isn’t a steady dividend stock. It doesn’t walk. It lunges, leaps, and sometimes crashes through the floor before clawing its way back to all-time highs. That’s where most retail traders curl up into the fetal position. But the smart ones? They smell blood in the water. Because volatility doesn’t just create fear — it creates premium. And premium is the fuel of a covered call strategy.
Building a watchlist isn’t just some checklist exercise. It’s a mirror. It reflects your philosophy, your purpose, and most importantly, your intent in the market. And if you don’t get that right from the start, you’re screwed before you even place your first trade. See, investors and traders live in two different universes. Investors are like farmers — they plant seeds, sit back, and pray for sunshine over the next ten years. That’s fine for them. Let them chase dividend yields and price-to-book ratios. But traders? We’re different animals. We’re in the now business. We’re hunters. And a proper trader’s watchlist is a weapon — sharp, focused, and ready to strike.
You’d better start wrapping your head around this one cold, hard fact: politics and economics are now joined at the hip like two drunks stumbling out of a casino. You can’t untangle ‘em. Not anymore. And the sooner we all stop pretending we still live in some Rockwell painting where the invisible hand of the free market lovingly guides capital to its highest use — the better.
For the first time in American history, all three major credit rating agencies — S&P, Fitch, and now the last domino, Moody’s — have stopped pretending. The U.S. government is no longer a AAA borrower. That’s not an opinion anymore. That’s a hard, rubber-stamped reality.
